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EDW'ARD J. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWVJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO E. J.

BROOKS & (30., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL-PRESS, (ROLLER) ESPECIPJTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,387, dated June 2, 11885. Application filed November 3, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BROOKS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the State of New J ersey,l1ave invented a new and useful Improvement in Seal-Presses, (Rollen) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sealing railway freight-cars, baggage, 850., by means of lead-and-wire seals which have seal-disks of lead or other soft metal, that are compressed upon the ends of flexible shackles of wire extending therethrongh, to securely unite the latter, after the application of the seals to scaling-staples'or the like, and are at the same time impressed with lettering ordistinguishing-marks.

The primary object of the present invention is to facilitate thoroughly closing the thread ing-holes of the seal-disks and distinctly stamping the same, so as to avoid the imperfect pressing which results from weak or numb hands, necessary haste, and like causes. Another object of the same is to render the press in part self-adjusting after each pressing operation preparatory to another. Another object thereof is to facilitate properly locating; each seal-disk in the seal-press preparatory to pressing it.

This invention consists, first, in the combination, in a seal-press, of asegmental rollerdie carried by the pivot end of a lever-handle, a corresponding segmental roller-die adapted to be carried forward by the seal-disk in the pressing operation, and a spring to return the die last named to its position of rest after each pressing operation preparatory to the next, and, secondly, in the combination, in a sealpress, of a pair of lever-handles, a pair of roller-dies, one of which is operated by one of said lever-handles and is adapted to admit the seal-disk freely between the dies preparatory to each pressing operation, and a gagestop to limit such insertion of the seal-disk, substantially as hereinafter specified.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of these drawings is a side view of a seal-press,illustrating this invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional elevation thereof, showing a lead-and-wire seal therein and illustrating the pressing operation. Figs. 2 and 2 are perspective views of said seal, representing, respectively, its dimensions and appearance before and after the pressing operation. Fig. 3 is a partial top view of the press as seen in Fig. l, and Fig. 4. an end view thereof and Fig. 5 is a face view of the loose segmental roller-die. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of another seal-press, illustrating modifications of the same invention, and Fig. 7 represents a section 011 the line 7 7, Fig. 6.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

In each of the forms represented by the drawings this improved sealpress is composed of a pair of lever-handles, A B, a pair of cheeks, G O, integral with said handle A, a segmental roller-die, D, carried by said handle B, and pivoted therewith by a rivet-pin, d, passing through said cheeks, a matching segmental roller-die, E, pivoted between said checks by a rivet-pin, 0, parallel to said pin (1, a spring, F, for returning said die E to its position of rest, and a gage-stop, G, integral with said checks. to facilitate properly locating a sealdisk, S, between the dies, as illus trated by full lines in Fig. 2, and by Figs. 6 and 7. With said lever-handle l3 turned up and said roller-die E in its position of rest, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 6, a space is formed between the latter and the upper roller-die, D, which freely admits a given size of the seal-disk S, having the ends of a shackle-wire, W, threaded therethrough, as shown in Fig. 2. The extra depth of said space between the dies in this condition of the press is due to the retiring curve of the back of said roller-die D, or the pivot end of the lever-handle B. The die-surfaces are concentric with the respective pivot-pins cl 6. WVith the inner edge of the sea1-disk S against the gage-stop G, its other edge is located beneath the front edge of the die-surface of said die D, as seen in Figs. 2 and 6. The leverhandle B is now brought down, bringing said front edge of said die-surface in contact with meanwhile turns with the upper die, being ICO - E, its forward motion being arrested by a lip,

carried along by the seal-disk toits position indicated by. dotted lines-in Fig. 2. The.

pressed seal-disk finally emerges, having been propelled outward during the pressing operation, as indicated by the arrow 8, Fig. 2, and said lower die is returned by the spring F to the position of rest, in which it' is shown in full lines in Fig. 2, preparatory to the next pressing operation.

In the form represented by Figs. 1 to 5, hr cl usive, apart from immaterial details of sh ape, the upper roller-die, D, is integral with the lever-handle B, which to this end may be a steel casting; but malleable iron will suffice for both. The die-surfaces of both of the rollerdies D E are engraved, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which may illustrate providing either or both with lettering or other marks to distinguish the seals pressed thereby. The front edge of the die-surface of said upper die is roughened, as represented at r, Figs. 2 and 4, to insure its taking hold of the sealdisk. The spring F is a fiat spring engaging with a radial lug, Z, on said die E, and held at its rear end within the recessed head end of the lever-handle A by a screw, f, Figs. 2 and 3. The gage-stop G is a central spur projecting upward from a bridge between the cheeks, and the latter is provided with a stop-notch, n, which limits the retrogression of said die m. at the face of the press, as clearly seen in Fig. 2.

The modifications illustrated by Figs. 6 and 7, apart from immaterial details of shape and proportions, consist, first, in make the upper die, D, a distinct part of steel, held in a transverse dovetail seat in the pivot end of the lever-handle B, and kept in its seat by the cheeks O O; secondly, in making the spring F a spiral spring, held within a longitudinal bore, a, in the lever-handle A, the lug Z on the lower die, E, being adapted thereto, and in limiting the. backward motion of saiddie instead of its forward motion by the front lip, m, which is engaged at the limit of the return movement by said lug l, as seen in Fig. .6 thirdly, in roughening the die-surface w of the lower die, E, by file-cutting it, for example, so that it shall be carried forward without slip in pressing thin seals, the lettering or marks being confined to the die-surface of the upper die; and,fonrthly, in so constructing the gage-stop G't-hat it embraces the seal-disk, as best seen in Fig. 7, whereby it is better suited to all sizes and kinds of lead-and-wire seals, and forms a more efficient stay to the cheeks O G, with which it is integral as in the first form. A hammer attachment, h, is also represented in Fig. 6, as patented by me March 7, 1882, (United States Patent No. 254,601.) One or more of these modifications may obviously be used without the others, and like modifications within the scope of my respective claims, hereinafter stated, will suggest themselves to manufacturers and others.

Having thus described my said improvement in seal-presses, (roller,) I claim as my in vention and desire to patent under this specification- 1, The combination, in a seal-press, of a segmental roller-die carried by the pivot-end of a lever handle, a corresponding segmental roller-die adapted to be carried forward by the seal-disk in the pressing operation, and a spring to return the die lastnamed to its posit'ion of rest after each pressing operation preparatory to the next, substantially as'herein specified.

2. In a seal-press, the combination, substantiall y as herein specified, of a pair of leverhandles, a pair of roller-dies, one of which is operated by one of said lever-handles and constructed with a retiring .curve'at its back to admit the seal-disk freely between the dies preparatory to the pressing operation, and a gage-stop to limit such insertion of the seal--- disk, for the purpose set forth.

EDWARD J. BROOKS. Witnesses:

.ToHN S. JENNINGS, WM. F. HORR. 

